Fifteen defendants are accused of forcing teenage girls into prostitution and operating a sex trafficking ring in the Twin Cities, Ohio and Tennessee. The federal trial is set to begin, with jury selection Tuesday.

The case involved nine of the 30 defendants accused of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of juveniles in Minnesota, Ohio and Tennessee. After five days of deliberations in Nashville, jurors found three men from the Twin Cities guilty and they could be sentenced to life.

Nine defendants are accused of trafficking children for sex in Minnesota, Ohio and Tennessee. Closing arguments ended Friday after more than two weeks of testimony. Jurors will start deliberations Monday in Nashville.

After several delays the sex trafficking trial is underway in Nashville. In opening arguments prosecutors told jurors they'll hear from a Twin Cities sixth-grader who was forced into prostitution. Defense lawyers say the girl is a runaway who engaged in sex willingly and then concocted the story.

An attorney for one of the defendants is asking the judge to dismiss all charges involving "Jane Doe 2," claiming her mother lied under oath about the girl's age. Fourteen of 30 defendants in the

Many of the defendants in an alleged multi-state sex-trafficking ring came to the United States as refugees when they were young children, and defense attorneys argue they were juveniles when they committed the crimes. Police used immigration paperwork to determine their ages, but attorneys say that information is routinely wrong because of cultural and language issues. Now some of the defendants are asking the judge to dismiss the charges because they never had juvenile status hearings.

The trial could soon be over for two Rochester women accused of funneling money to a known terrorist group in Somalia. The federal government says the two are part of a pipeline that sends cash and new recruits to Al-Shabab. The women say they were raising money for charity.